| Aadhya | Siya | |
|---|---|---|
| Meaning | first, primordial | A name of the goddess Sita |
| Origin | sanskrit | sanskrit |
| Gender | Girl | Girl |
| Pronunciation | AAD-hyah | SEE-yuh |
| Syllables | 2 | 2 |
| First appeared | 0 | 0 |
| Peak year | 2017 (291) | 2025 (304) |
| In 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Trend | Rising | Rising |
Source: US Social Security Administration.
| Decade | Aadhya | Siya |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 1,502 | 1,345 |
| 2010s | 1,937 | 1,255 |
| 2000s | 37 | 583 |
From Sanskrit adya (आद्या), feminine 'first, primordial, the beginning'; used as an epithet of the primordial Goddess (Adi Shakti / Durga).
A regional and poetic short form of सीता (Sītā), the heroine of the Ramayana, whose name means 'furrow' (she was found in a ploughed field). Siya is widely used in Hindi devotional usage (as in 'Siya-Ram').
Aadhya and Siya are given to a similar number of US babies today.
Aadhya means first, primordial (sanskrit origin), while Siya means A name of the goddess Sita (sanskrit origin).
In US records, Aadhya first appears in 0 and Siya in 0, so Aadhya has the longer recorded history.